FEMA Act of 2025
Latest action · Sep 3, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act of 2025 or the FEMA Act of 2025
This bill reestablishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (currently within the Department of Homeland Security) as an independent, cabinet-level agency. It also makes broad changes to FEMA’s disaster and hazard mitigation assistance programs.
The bill generally transfers FEMA’s current functions and authorities to the independent FEMA, except for certain security-related programs.
The bill makes various changes to the Public Assistance program, including by
- establishing new grants for expedited funding to repair or replace disaster-damaged facilities,
- establishing block grants that recipients may choose instead of Public Assistance for smaller disasters,
- expediting and expanding uses of funding for emergency response and debris removal, and
- allowing use of excess administrative funds for increasing recipients’ disaster management capacity.
The bill makes various changes to the Individual Assistance program, including by
- expanding eligibility for housing assistance,
- expanding mitigation and direct (non-financial) assistance for residences,
- reducing certain restrictions on funds duplicating program benefits, and
- establishing a unified disaster application system.
The bill makes various changes to FEMA’s mitigation programs, including by
- establishing mitigation plans with preapproved projects,
- authorizing an entire Hazard Mitigation Grant Program grant to be provided before costs are incurred,
- changing pre-disaster mitigation assistance to noncompetitive formula grants, and
- allowing recipients to combine mitigation project funds from multiple federal programs.
Additionally, federal entities must publish various information relating to disaster assistance and conduct various studies on related topics (e.g., preliminary damage assessments, fast-moving disasters, and government emergency alerting systems).
Cosponsors 99
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 23, 2025 to Oct 6, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | Jul 23, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Jul 23, 2025 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Jul 23, 2025 |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Aug 1, 2025 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Aug 1, 2025 | |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Aug 1, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Mike Haridopolos | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Sep 9, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 23, 2025Discharged Sep 3, 2025Markup Sep 3, 2025 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Sep 2, 2025 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jul 23, 2025 |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jul 24, 2025 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 3, 2025Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
- Sep 3, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 3, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.
- Sep 2, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Jul 24, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
- Jul 23, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4679 | Shomari Figures D-AL | Nov 17, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 126, July 23, 2025, page H3648.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-46 | REFORMING FEMA: ENSURING THE NATION'S DISASTER READINESS WORKS FOR AMERICANS119 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Serial No. 119-36 | COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEMBER DAY133 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jan 14, 2026 |
CRS reports 9
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
About this bill 1
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48856 | The FEMA Act of 2025: An Overview | Report | Jan 29, 2026 |
Also cite it 8
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48743 | Housing Issues in the 119th Congress | Report | Sep 25, 2026 |
| R49336 | Understanding State Capacity for Emergency Management | Report | Sep 3, 2026 |
| R49028 | Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025: Context, Overview, and Summary of Provisions | Report | Jul 10, 2026 |
| R49008 | FEMA’s Role in Federal Management of Non-Stafford Act Incidents | Report | Jun 24, 2026 |
| IN12693 | FEMA Review Council: Final Report | Insight | May 15, 2026 |
Related bills 13
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 152 | Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act | Related bill | Jan 14, 2025 |
| HR 164 | POWER Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jan 16, 2025 |
| S 443 | Fire Management Assistance Grants for Tribal Governments Act | Related bill | Feb 6, 2025 |
| HR 744 | Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act | Related bill | Oct 3, 2025 |
| S 773 | Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act | Related bill | Feb 27, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize and improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency and reform Federal disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FEMA Act of 2025
- Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Census and government statistics
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Natural disasters
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
